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原住民身分認同之轉變－以臺灣棒球員為例

本研究企圖討論的問題是，在台灣原住民身分認同與認定的變遷中，身處於不同時期的原住民棒球員，對於自身身分的族群認同之情形。在文獻回顧中，分為原住民、族群與認同，還有現代運動與族群關係兩部分，從文獻中可以發現不同時期的原住民認同，以及官方認定都是變動的，而現代運動雖然是殖民政府霸權的展現，卻也是少數族群展示認同的一個空間。在台灣，棒球做為一個備受矚目，而且常與國家認同相連的運動，當中就有許多優秀球員是原住民，本研究將分為三個時期，包括被歧視時期(1945後至1982)、過渡時期(1983-1993)、以原住民為榮時期（1994至今），透過深度訪談，了解不同時期的原住民棒球員，如何思考自身的族群身分，與棒球運動之間有哪些互動。這裡所指的原住民，亦將涵括通婚子女與平埔族球員，期許能以棒球員自身的角度，更深入了解運動與族群認同的相關議題。

Despite considerable research being done on Taiwanese aborigines and baseball, no study has been undertaken on magic and baseball in regard to specific indigenous ethnic groups. This article examines the extent to which betel nuts were used as a vehicle for the expression of human relationships with the supernatural in baseball. The Puyuma, renowned for practicing black magic, have always been accused, in particular, by the Amis, of casting evil spells on the ballpark to achieve their own ends, such as winning. Empirical materials have been drawn from fieldwork in Taidong, where in-depth interviews were conducted with coaches and players from the Amis, Puyuma, Bunun and Han Chinese groups. Additional sporadic secondary sources have also been drawn on. The author argues that in spite of the discovery of betel nuts buried in the ballpark, there is no solid evidence of malicious intent by the Puyuma. Moreover, the betel-nut-spell practice corresponds with the intellectualist perspective that magic has gradually died out, since it contradicts the basic principle of baseball, namely, scientific training.